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The Closet
The Closet

The Closet

Sometimes to save your skin, you have to come out of the closet... or go in!

Genres

Comedy

OverView

A man spreads the rumor of his fake homosexuality with the aid of his neighbor, to prevent his imminent firing at his work.

Others

Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

French

Runtime

84 mins

Rating

6.417/10

Release Date

17 January 2001

Country

France

Cast

Daniel Auteuil

Daniel Auteuil

François Pignon

Gérard Depardieu

Gérard Depardieu

Félix Santini

Thierry Lhermitte

Thierry Lhermitte

Guillaume, the Director of Public Relations

Michèle Laroque

Michèle Laroque

Miss Bertrand

Michel Aumont

Michel Aumont

Belone, le voisin de Pignon

Jean Rochefort

Jean Rochefort

Kopel, le directeur de l'usine

Alexandra Vandernoot

Alexandra Vandernoot

Christine

Edgar Givry

Edgar Givry

Mathieu

Irina Ninova

Irina Ninova

Martine

Marianne Groves

Marianne Groves

Suzanne

Michèle Garcia

Michèle Garcia

Madame Santini

Luq Hamet

Luq Hamet

Moreau

Philippe Brigaud

Philippe Brigaud

Lambert

Vincent Moscato

Vincent Moscato

Ponce

Eric Vanzetta

Eric Vanzetta

Le maitre d'hôtel

Laurent Gamelon

Laurent Gamelon

Alba

Michel Caccia

Michel Caccia

Le sommelier

Armelle Deutsch

Armelle Deutsch

Ariane

Stanislas Forlani

Stanislas Forlani

Franck

Thierry René

Thierry René

Victor

Philippe Vieux

Philippe Vieux

Cop

Jean-Paul Zucca

Jean-Paul Zucca

Watchman

Joël Demarty

Joël Demarty

Photographer

Dominique Thomas

Dominique Thomas

Mover

Akihiro Nishida

Akihiro Nishida

Japanese visitor 1

Hiro Uchiyama

Hiro Uchiyama

Japanese visitor 2

Yongsou Cho

Yongsou Cho

Japanese visitor 3

Onochi Seietsu

Onochi Seietsu

Japanese visitor 4

Sylvaine Perrin

Sylvaine Perrin

L'ouvrière de l'usine

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